Context (References)
Moore's book is based upon research involving an examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Card 1 (handwritten): 'Kebi dari. White feather head-dress worn by DAUMU LE.'
Card 2 (transcribed card): 'White feathers (probably Torres Strait pigeon) bound to strips of cane with fibre.' On the back, 'In three curving segments, each tied on separately. Worn by the " daumer le" (pigeon men) in the Malu-Bomai initiation ceremonies.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Dr Alfred Cort Haddon, presumably in 1898.
Event Date 1898
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (References)
'Daumer le. Those Beizam boai who lived at Bòged, Las and Areb were also daumer le, or Pigeon men (daumer is the Torres Straits pigeon, Carpophaga luctuosa). [...]'

Cf.
Haddon, A.C. et al (1908) 'Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits: Vol. 6. Sociology, Magic and Religion of the Eastern Islanders'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p.287, p. 293, pl. XXV
Event Date 1908
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Related Documents)
Transcribed card notes, 'References: TSR 6: 287, 293. pl. XXV, fig. 2.'
Event Date 16/9/1986
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
'Kebi dari. White feathers (probably Torres Strait pigeon) bound to strips of cane with fibre. In three curving segments, each tied on separately. Worn by the 'daumer le' (pigeon men) in the Malu-Bomai initiation ceremonies.
Event Date 8/7/2024
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu